Nika celebrates Nowruz: A Persian new year story about identity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798252155425)

"Maman, am I more like you or more like Baba?"
It's the night before Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and Nika has a question that doesn't have a simple answer.

So Maman takes her to the Haft-Sin table, where seven items from the earth each carry a secret: that the most beautiful things in life are always two things at once.

One by one, Nika begins to see it. In the sprouts. In the vinegar. In her family's faces at midnight, crying and smiling at the same time. And finally, in herself.

This is a story for every child who has ever felt like they're two things at once. For kids growing up between cultures, between languages, between the world they came from and the world they're in. Includes a pronunciation guide to Persian words and a glossary of Nowruz traditions.

For ages 4-8. Read aloud in under 10 minutes. The kind of bedtime story that makes a child ask, "Again."

Book one in the Stories We Carry, a children's book series celebrating the cultures, traditions, and values families carry across generations.

Author: Leila Nazari
ISBN-13: 9798252155425
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2026
Pages: 28
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d